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BWF World Championship 2022 Day 4: Male Indian shuttlers qualify for the quarterfinals

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 The Indian shuttlers continued their impressive run as 2 doubles pairing and one more singles player made it into the quarterfinals of the prestigious BWF World Championship event played in Tokyo on Thursday. Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun proved their worth again as they defeated the Singapore pair of Hee Yong and Loh Kean in three games. The first game saw both pairs playing aggressive intent taking alternate points till 6-6. It was a closely fought affair with Dhruv and Arjun with an 11-9 lead at the break. After the break, the Indian pair continued to maintain the lead at 15-11. Hee and Loh made a strong comeback to take 4 points in succession leveling the scores at 15-15. The Singapore pair showed their class as they won the first game easily with a scoreline of 21-18. The second game saw Dhruv and Arjun taking 2 point lead at the start. Singapore pair made a lovely comeback to level the scores at 5-5. It was an aggressive display by the Indian pair taking an 11-7 lead at the ...

BWF World Championship 2022 Day 3: Indian male shuttlers impressive

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 The Indian male shuttlers had a decent outing as 2 men’s singles and 2 doubles pairs qualified for the next round of the prestigious BWF World Championship 2022 on day 3 played in Tokyo on Wednesday. Lakshya Sen continued his impressive performance with a straight games victory over Luis Enrique Penalver of Spain. The Indian looked in decent shape and made life tough for his opponent right from the word go winning it by 21-17, 21-10 to move into the third round. HS Prannoy stunned 2-time World Championship and hosts player Kento Momota in two straight games. It was an impressive performance by Prannoy not allowing the Japanese a chance. The Indian kept the left-handed Japanese struggling with an 11-7 lead at the break. After the break, Momota made a strong comeback reducing the lead to one point. Prannoy upped the play and won the first game easily at 21-17. The second game also began started well for both players, but Prannoy looked in great shape and took an 11-6 lead at t...

BWF World Championship 2022 Day 1: Top Indian shuttlers qualify for the 2nd round

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 The top Indian shuttlers registered impressive wins on the opening day of BWF World Championship 2022 played in Tokyo on Monday. It was a decent day for male shuttlers as HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective matches. The only disappointment was Sai Praneeth giving a tough fight for world number 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. It was a very closely fought affair as Sai lost the match by 15-21, 21-15, and 15-21 to be knocked out of the tournament. Sai looked in great shape in the second game, but Chou upped his game-winning first and third games easily. Lakshya Sen continued his impressive form defeating Hans Kristian Vittinghus in straight games. It was a dominating performance by Sen winning it by 21-12, 21-11. There were long rallies in the second game as Sen took an 11-6 lead. After the break, the experienced Danish committed lots of unforced errors. He will take on Spain Enqriue Penalver. HS Prannoy produced a dominating performance as he ...